Four-in-hand necktie



May 31, 1955 A. GELLES FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE 2 Sheets-Sheet 1 Filed June 15, 1951 FIG.|

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' FOUR-IN-HAND NECKTIE Filed June 13, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

Alice Genes United States Patent FOUR-IN-HAND N ECKTIE Alice Gelles, Roekville Centre, N. Y., assignor to Campalgn Cravats, Inc., New York, N. Y., a corporation of New York Application June 13, 1951, Serial No. 231,383 3 Claims. (Cl. 'z -m neck encircling section and depending front and rear sections. The front and rear sections each generally widens gradually towards its end, and has an end portion which tapers sharply convergently to form a point. Besides the resilient insert generally provided in the necktie along its center portion, particularly through parts that enter into of the necktie end after the blank is folded and stitched 2,709,2iiii Fatented May 31, 1955 ice Fig. 5 is a fragmentary top plan view of the necktie end of Fig. 4 after it is turned but before the outer fabric blank is folded and slip-stitched to form the necktie;

Fig. 6 is a section taken on line 6-6 of Fig. 5;

Fig. 7 is a fragmentary top plan view of the outer face and Fig. 8 is a fragmentary plan view of the reverse side of the necktie end shown in Fig. 6.

Referring more specifically to the accompanying draw- 4 ings, the necktie of the present invention comprises a the formation of the knot, which insert generally ter- 1 minates short of the ends, such front and rear sections are provided with linings for their end portions, which linings are attached to the edges of the blank from which the tie is formed by folding and sewing, to give the ends of the tie body and weight to make them lie smoothly and flatly in place.

It is the object of the present invention to provide a four-in-hand necktie of the character described in which the end linings are so formed and so arranged in place that they project beyond the edges of the outer fabric of the tie and combine with such outer fabric to provide a novel structure and pleasing design effect.

It is another object of the present invention to provide a four-in-hand necktie of the character described in which the projecting lining edges may be of a character to match with portions of the outer necktie fabric, to thereby further enhance the novelty and attractiveness of the necktie design and appearance.

It is a further object of the present invention to provide four-in-hand neckties of the character described which are of relatively simple construction and are easy and simple to manufacture and may be produced at relatively low cost.

The foregoing and other advantages and superiorities of the articles of neckwear of the present invention will become more readily apparent to those skilled in the art from the embodiment thereof shown in the accompanying drawings and from the description following. It is to be understood, however, that such embodiment is shown by way of illustration only, to make the principles and practice of the invention more readily comprehensible and Without any intent of limiting the invention to the specific details therein shown.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation of a four-in-hand necktie embodying the present invention;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary plan view of one end portion of an outer fabric blank from which the necktie of the present invention may be formed;

Fig. 3 is a plan view of an end lining blank for the necktie of the present invention;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of the reverse side of an end of the outer fabric blank shown with the obverse side of an end lining secured in place thereon; the inner dotted line indicating the line along which the end lining folds when the two pieces are inverted;

central or neck encircling section, 10, a. front section, generally designated as 11, and a rear section, generally designated as 12, both of which depend from thecenter section 10. The necktie sections are formed of a face fabric blank, 13, which may be made up of one or several attached pieces.

The face fabric blank is wider than the finished necktie and has its longitudinal marginal portions folded on itself and its overlapping side edges stitched to one another and to a resilient liner or insert (not shown) along the line, 14, in the manner Well known in the art.

The front and rear sections 11 and 12 are generally formed to widen downwardly to a point near their ends which are generally pointed and the outer fabric blank 13, therefore, has downwardly diverging side edges, 15, and a pointed bottom portion formed by sharply converging continuations, 16, of the side edges 15.

For purposes of simplicity, only the end portion of one of the sections, as 11, is specifically illustrated in the drawing. The end portion of blank 13, shown in Fig. 2, is shown with its downwardly diverging side edges 15 and the pointed tip formed by relatively sharply downwardly tapering edges 16.

The end portion of blank 13 is provided with an end lining, 17, which may be preferably formed of a material that is itself suitable or adaptable for use as a face material for a necktie and may be of a different color or shape orpattern than the face fabric of the necktie. The end lining 17 may correspond in shape to the shape of the end portion'of the face fabric 13 having gradually downwardly diverging side edges, 18, and relatively sharply downwardly converging edges, 19, but is of greater width than the end portion of the face fabric blank 13.

The lining section 17 is secured to the end section of blank 13 with its obverse side against the reverse side of the end of blank 13, corresponding edge: to corresponding edge, as by stitching, 20. The blank end with the attached end lining is then reversed, so that the excess fabric in the width of the end lining 17, when pressed, folds along the fold line, 21, shown in Fig. 4, to form a marginal ornamental section, 22, along the lower portion of the side edges 15 and the bottom edges 16 of the end portion of blank 13. Two such decorative margins 22 may be provided one at each of the ends of the necktie, as shown in Fig. l. The blank 13 with its end lining sections in place may then be assembled by the folding of its longitudinal marginal portions with a resilient center lining in the conventional manner, as shown in Fig. 1.

To further enhance the appearance of the necktie, an insert, 25, preferably diagonal, may be provided in the necktie which may be of the same fabric as the end linings 17, to further develop and enhance the attractive design thereof. This insert may be sewn on the blank 13 or into the blank 13 by forming the same in several sections that are sewn together, as indicated at 26.

This completes the description of the four-in-hand necktie of the present invention and the manner in which it is constructed. It will be apparent that such four-inhand necktie is of novel and attractive appearance and new and novel construction and provides a new effect in four-in-hand neckties which is attained without any material change in the method or procedure of conventional necktie manufacture or any increase in the labor involved.

It will also be apparent that the four-in-hand neckties of the present invention are capable of great variation in design scheme. Thus, the end margins 22 may be made in colors that harmonize or contrast with the main body portion of the necktie or with certain parts of the main body portion of the necktie. Also, the margin 22 may be made to harmonize or contrast with the insert 25. Further, the margins 22 may be made of a solid color or of a pattern design such as of vertical stripes, for instance. It may also be made to harmonize or contrast with the main body of the necktie, not only in color but also in fabric pattern design.

It will be further apparent that numerous variations and modifications in the four-in-hand necktie of the present invention may be made by anyone skilled in the art, in accordance with the principles of the invention hereinabove set forth and without the use of any inventive ingenuity. I desire, therefore, to be protected for any and all such variations and modifications that may be made Within the spirit of the present invention and the scope of the claims hereto appended.

What I claim is:

1. A four-in-hand necktie comprising an outer fabric blank having a neck section and front and rear neck sections extending from said neck section, at least one of said end sections having lower side and bottom edges, a lining section secured by its marginal edge portions to the marginal portions of said side and bottom edges of the end portion of said end section, said lining sections being of greater length and width than the end portion of the end section to which it is secured, said lining pressed flat and forming a folded marginal lining-band extending beyond the end portion of the said end section, said blank foldable to have its longitudinal marginal end portions folded on its central portions and securable to one another.

2. The four-in-hand necktie of claim 1, wherein the lining section is of approximately the same shape as the end portion of the end section of the blank to which it is attached, whereby said marginal lining band is of substantially uniform width along its entire length.

3. A four-in-hand necktie comprising an outer fabric blank having a neck section and front and rear sections extending from said neck section, at least one of said end sections having side edges diverging slightly to a point near its end and having a pointed bottom formed by bottom edge portions converging at an angle from said side edges, a lining section secured by its marginal edge portions to the marginal portions of the side and bottom edges of the end portion of said end section, said lining section being of approximately the same shape as the end portion of the end section to which it is secured and of greater.width and length than said end portion of said end section, said lining section pressed flat and forming a folded marginal lining band extending past and around the end portion of the end section to which it is secured, said blank foldable to have its longitudinal marginal end portions folded on its central portions and securable to one another.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS 1,129,138 Sullivan Feb. 23, 1915 1,599,979 Tibbetts Sept. 14, 1926 1,622,749 Weinstein Mar. 29, 1927 2,185,615 Willmoth Jan. 2, 1940 2,530,870 Goldsmith Nov. 21, 1950 

